Interesting. Could you elaborate on that?
Heat is bad for electronics.
Plus, how can I swap in a new driver with NarsilM on it? Lol
Yes. But what I started with was the concept of the light engine and I validated it with noone but the highest expert on LD4/TC drivers we have on BLF. Led4Power. Only then I started having ideas of making BLF lights with them.
I assume it can be done to work.
Indeed, modifiability is severely reduced with such technique. You can flash different firmware. You can swap LEDs to others with same or very similar pad layout. That’s largely it.
All of that to improve size.
Is it worth it? For me - definitely. But I’m not surprised to see a different opinion. Actually I would be shocked if everyone agreed. 
I think small is over rated. I find my DQG tiny 7x to be too short. When I hold it, my pinkie and ring finger hang off the back. I don’t like that.
Plus I’m not a fan of tir lenses. They are no good for walking at night.
This is why I have no interest in your design and other similar designs. I just have no use for it. Sorry.
That’s my excuse for not talking about it.
Surely that’s not the reason for everyone here to not talk about it.
It’s still good to know it. Thank you. I really appreciate what you said. Because the fact that you said it means that you care.
Frankly, the silence was depressing. I far prefer negative feedback to nothing.
Agro, please don’t be discouraged from posting your ideas here, in spite of what some may say (or not, as the case may be). I am one of the ‘silent’ followers here. Besides, this is BLF and there is nothing wrong with you posting to this thread. You haven’t hijacked anything just because others don’t contribute ideas of their own.
Jason, I disagree with you about TIR lenses. I find if they’re done well, they give me exactly the beam profile I like for walking in my neighborhood at night. Olight S1A is a good example.
I love to see the new ideas, but I find it hard to extrapolate the small images into full products. It’s hard to see how your design is more compact than anything else with those.
You’re among the few who actually expressed attention. And, what’s more, gratitude. This has not escaped me.
Your previous post was a light in the dark. Thank you David.
Thank you too. I have seen these concerns before. Your post reinforces them. I don’t present my ideas as well as I should. I should improve.
I will try………but if anything comes out of it, we’ll all see……….or not. I don’t feel strong enough to learn CAD now. But I’ll try anyway.
This thread started out good, kind of a research area for new project ideas led by someone willing to make some of those projects happen. However, I get the impression it has become something else — a wishing well, a grave for people to toss ideas into, /dev/null.
Maybe people are still waiting for their BLF GT, maybe they saw the mess that happened and aren’t interested in BLF custom projects, maybe they are out of money, who knows.
Half the people who ran the BLF projects aren’t active anymore.
Posted this in the lantern thread, but I’d really like to see a microlantern for use in tents that’s ultralight.
Something like 1 x AAA or 1 x AA, 2700k temperature, very long runtime at 0.5 - 3 lumens
This^
The BLF GT was a great project and produced a great flashlight, but the execution at the most critical times was unfortuneatly shall we say, a bit trying (not from the fault of any of those who stepped up in a storm of issues, hat’s off to all who made it happen, it was just not great to have things bouncing a thousand directions all at once)
To the point of I think a lot of members are at this time saying, the last thing we need now is a new project.
It was a project that became as they say “Became a life of it’s own” and it claimed victims of team members and BLF members at large, the forum has changed since this experiment for better or worse, it is what it is.
JMHO
Later,
Keith
Maybe no more gigantic lights? That is the reason for all those issues.
If a BLF project light is normal sized things should be a lot better. The next BLF light coming out is the FW3A. Let’s see how that goes.
A small note, I don’t think it claimed any team members. If you are thinking of the Miller leaving, that was due to his illness and personal life needing his attention. Plus other people stepped up to fill in his role.
Was there a different team member you were thinking of?
Maybe I said that wrong.
What I meant to convey is a portion of senior members who had projects in the works or who were regular contributors have seemed to have left the site either temporarily or permanent of just AWOL since the first of the year.
The large influx of youtube, facebook etc. additions has changed the vibe here for sure.
I know, you can’t stop progress.
Thanks.
Keith
Nitecore makes some compact lanterns, like the LA10 or LR10. In case that would be close enough.
There’s also the option of putting a diffuser cone on a regular AA/AAA/16340 light. Then it could serve as both flashlight and lantern. The Olight S1 Mini Ti works well for this, and IIRC it comes with a GitD cone.
I know, I know. Sometimes I’m acting a bit silly. But I can’t help myself. This light is so ridiculous that I just had to draw it. Or maybe it’s not?
This is expensive light. High budget. But there’s nothing cheaper in its niche.
Well, there’s nothing more expensive in that niche either.
Single 21700, CFT-90, FET+linear driver:
Cheers to kiriba-ru and Lux-RC.
It seems like the driver designers on this forum have pretty much concluded that you need a high-powered buck driver to handle the CFT-90. I think this is why no one is really building a single cell flashlight around that emitter.
I suppose if you could get a driver to work well and then match it up with something like a Samsung 30T you would have a pretty interesting light.
Hi Miller,
I would like to make a donation for all the great work you guys have done, and for all I have learned on this great forum.
I have also bought some of the great BLF developed flashlights, and saved money with coupons etc.
Can I please confirm that this is the correct address to donate to on Paypal:?